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Llama Guard 3 8B Pricing

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Meta · 131K tokens context

Llama Guard 3 8B from Meta costs $0.484 per 1 million input tokens and $0.030 per 1 million output tokens as of June 2026 (live OpenRouter data). The model supports a 131,072-token context window (approximately 98,304 words) with a 131K-token maximum output. A typical 1,000-token request costs $0.0005 in input charges; a 10,000-token request costs $0.0048.

Llama Guard 3 8B pricing and capability summary
Input price$0.484 / 1M tokens
Output price$0.030 / 1M tokens
Output / input ratio0.1×
Context window131,072 tokens (~98,304 words)
Maximum output131,072 tokens
Cost per 1K tokens (input)$0.0005
TierFast
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Llama Guard 3 is a Llama-3. 1-8B pretrained model, fine-tuned for content safety classification.

Live pricing from OpenRouter

Input Price

$0.484

per 1 million tokens

Output Price

$0.030

per 1 million tokens

Context Window

131K tokens

max 131K output

Cost Examples

Request TypeTokensInput CostOutput Cost
1,000 word article1,333$0.000645$0.000012
10-page document (2,500 words)3,333$0.00161$0.00003
1,000 lines of code5,000$0.00242$0.000045
100K token document100,000$0.0484$0.0009

Output cost estimated at 30% of input token count. Use the calculator for exact figures.

Strengths

  • Affordable at $0.48/1M input tokens
  • Low latency for high-throughput workloads
  • Cost-effective at scale

Limitations

  • Less capable than flagship models on complex reasoning
  • Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider

Best Use Cases

High-volume classification
Text extraction and summarization
Simple chat and Q&A
Cost-sensitive pipelines

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